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 - PAHO Annual Report Focuses On Closing Health Gaps in Least Protected Populations
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 - Health Ministers to gather in Washington for PAHO Directing Council Sept. 25
 - PAHO Director Discusses Health Agenda for the Americas at Brazil Meeting
 - International Day of the World's Indigenous People Highlights Health Gaps
 - PAHO Launches New Policy on HIV/AIDS in the Workplace
 - PAHO Director: Success in AIDS response due to clear political will and united front
 - Tobacco Called 'Deadly in any form or Disguise'
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IICA and PAHO Reaffirm Their Commitment to Joint Action

PAHO Director Mirta Roses visited IICA Headquarters, where she met with IICA Director General Chelston Brathwaite and made a presentation entitled "Health and Rural Development – The Value of Close Collaboration between IICA and PAHO."  Click here to access

Annual Report of the Director - 2005

"Working Together for the Health of the Americas"
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Annual Report for 2004

Health Related Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean

Presentation by Dr. Mirta Roses Periago at the launch of the report "Millennium Development Goals: a Latin American and Caribbean Perspective," at PAHO Headquarters, July 1, 2005

Attaining the Millennium Development Goals Challenges in Health and Environment

Presentation by PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses Periago at the Meeting of Health and Environment Ministers of the Americas, Mar del Plata - Argentina, June 2005

Photo Gallery

A collection of photos in high-resolution.

World Health Day 2005

 World Health Day 2005 With the slogan "Every mother and child counts," World Health Day 2005 called attention to the fact that the health of women and children is not yet a high enough priority for many governments and the international community. The special WHD2005 web page includes a special message from PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses Periago.
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